Sentence examples for as barely from inspiring English sources

Campaign dispatches depicted them as barely human.

Any glance back at this game will show victory for Inverness as barely deserved.

Sometimes what local residents deem heavenly registers as barely all right to an outsider.

None are poor, but many describe themselves as barely scraping by.

The author of the excerpted passage criticized the exam's adaptation of his story as "barely literate".

The Marquis's theatrical productions are staged by Mr. Kaufman as barely controlled lunacy.

If there is regret, it registers as barely more than a flicker.

The events reverberated around the globe, but registered as barely a tremor in her life.

Anyone who has been in a session with me would describe it as barely controlled chaos.

The conventional wisdom portrays the Democratic candidates for mayor as barely distinguishable from one another.

(Some motormen still refer to the BMT as "Barely Moving Trains").